Information on blood samples (HIV and hepatitis)

The legislation requires that all patients have to be examined for AIDS and hepatitis before starting their insemination or IVF treatment. According to fertility legislation, we are obliged to request male and female tests for HIV and hepatitis B (HBsAg and anti-HBc) as well as hepatitis C (anti-HCV-Ab) before starting a fertility treatment. This means that we need to have a copy of the results of the above samples of a patient at the beginning of the fertility treatment – and that latest at the date of the insemination. Those samples may not be older than 3 months at the time of treatment. They are valid for 24 months, unless a three-month pause of treatment takes place. In this particular case, new samples must be taken.